Geologic time vs. one pass over the training set.
Which meaning of Epoch is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Epoch (era) came first (the 1600s). Epoch (machine learning) arrived in the 1980s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
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Original · the 1600s
Epoch (era)
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Duplicate · the 1980s
Epoch (machine learning)
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